Incumbent Alex Schatz, 38, is a landscape architect and attorney finishing up the final year of his first two-year term. He thinks the city should focus on fixing budget problems, urban renewal and development, and public safety.]]>Jaws may have dropped in Boulder on Tuesday evening when it became clear that two county ballot issues most had believed would coast to easy wins had failed. Ballot Issue 1A, a sales tax extension for county open space, and Ballot Issue 1B, authorizing the county to issue $85 million in bonds for the successful ClimateSmart Loan Program, both failed by narrow margins.]]>